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Updated as per
Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 15, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach, August 21, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach, December 29, 2006 Updated from Polillas Saturnidas de Colombia, 1997, Angela R. Amarillo-S., January 2007 Updated as per personal communication (oak) with Horst Kach, August, 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach (Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador); December, 2010 Updated as per personal communication with Andreas Kay at http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/6800920022/; March 16, 2013 Updated as per personal communication with Albert Thurman (male, 80mm, Cerro Jefe, Panama, Panama, 880m); June 17, 2014 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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Dirphia subhorca male, Ecuador,
December 27, 2012, courtesy of Andreas Kay, id by Bill Oehlke
Dirphia subhorca male, 80mm, Cerro Jefe, Panama, Panama,
September 14, 2013, 880m, courtesy of Albert Thurman, id by Bill Oehlke.
Dirphia subhorca male (verso), 80mm, Cerro Jefe, Panama, Panama,
September 14, 2013, 880m, courtesy of Albert Thurman, id by Bill Oehlke.
The white fork is slender, extends into the basal area on the male, and it lacks the brown internal stria.
Dirphia subhorca male, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Dirphia subhorca female, Lita, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador,
December 15, 2006, courtesy
of Horst Kach.
Dirphia subhorca female (verso), Lita, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador,
December 15, 2006, courtesy
of Horst Kach.
Larval hosts are unknown.
Dirphia subhorca female, Lita, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador,
December 15, 2006, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Males use highly developed antennae to locate females by tracking their airbourne pheromone plumes. Dirphia subhorca male, Chocó (Colombia), T. Decaëns & D. BonillaEGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:Eggs are laid in large clusters and larvae feed gregariously. Typical of the Subfamily Hemileucinae, Dirphia species all have urticating spines.I suspect the larvae will accept oak, but the natural host plants are unknown.
Dirphia subhorca, second instars, Los Bancos (Pichincha Province), Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca, second instars, Los Bancos (Pichincha Province), Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca, third instars, Los Bancos (Pichincha Province), Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca, fourth instars, Los Bancos (Pichincha Province), Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca, fifth instars, Los Bancos (Pichincha Province), Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca, Durango, Ecuador,
Dirphia subhorca fourth instar, Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador,
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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on
commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different. Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose
names from Greek or Roman mythology or history. Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye",
honour a contempory male friend/collector/etc.
I do not know the source of the genus name "Dirphia" chosen by Hubner in 1819.
The species name "subhorca", possibly comes from the Spanish word (horca) for fork and might refer to the extension of the thin, creamy white 'fork' into the
basal area of the male.
Dirphia subhorca female, Achicaya, Valle, Colombia,
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